New Ulm weekly review., 1887-09-21
ABOUTJOCKEYS.

Boys Who are Likely to get Rich or Break Their
Necks.
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
To be a great jockey requires great
deal OF hard work, nerve and patience.
and those who are popular now have
worked hard for years to earn
their regulations. All the big Jockeys
have commenced to work when very
young, and those that are young now
and just beginning to ride in races all
hope that some day they will be as
good riders as Mclaughlin, Garrison,
Hayward and others. If a boy wants
to become a jockey he must be very
fond OF horses, and not at all afraid
Of them, and he must become attached
to q racing stable when he is very
young about twelve years old. When
he first enters the stable he will be put
to work as stable boy, and have to
carry water to the horses, make up
the bedding, clean harness and lead
the horses for exercise.
He will find that the work is not
easy. He will be at the beck and call
Of every one in the stable, and if he
wants to succeed in the profession he
has chosen must be willing to work.
During the racing season the boys are
all in bed at s or o'clock at the lat
est, and they are all on the track
with their horses by sunrise the next
morning. All the work done in train
ing the horses is done at dawn. The
next move good boy will get is to
have a horse given him to rub down
and to keep clean. In this position
he is called a rubber. After this if he
is a bright boy he is allowed to ride
horse in exercise gallops.
This is as far as many Of the boys
ever rise, because the next position is
that OF a jockey. To be a jockey a
boy must have lots Of nerve, have a
cool head, and be a good. rider. He
must be a good Judge OF pace and
know very nearly how fast the horses
are going along. 1t trainer thinks IL
boy could be trusted with horse in
race and then if the boy does we'll he
will soon rise to the top OF the tree.
A Jockeys pay is good. Mclaughlin
gets $4,000 g year from the Dwyer
. Brothers, Issac Murphy gets $4,000
q year from Lucky Baldwin, Fitz-
patrick gets $4,000 a year from the
. Fairfax stable, and Garrison gets
$4,000 a year from Captain S. S.
Brown; Others get paid in proportion
according to their abilities. All these
riders are allowed TO receive outside
mounts, that is, they are al
lowed to ride for any one when they
are not wanted by the stable to which
they are engaged. For these outside
mounts they are paid $25 if they win
and S1Oif they lose. But very often
when they win a big race they get much
larger fee. Mccarthy got $4,000 for
winning the Brooklyn handicap on
Dry Monopole, and last year Fitzpat-
rick was paid $4,000 for winning the
Suburban or Tre ubadour for Cap
tain Brown. Some OF the Jockeys
spend the money they make as fast
as they get it, but others save it, and
maHy OF them now are very rich men.
The dangers Of a. Jockeys life are
very great. They may be thrown in
a race at any time and be trampled
to death by horses behind them. The
horse they are 1iding may fall down
and by rolling on them may kill
them. Very often they get so
crowded in race against other
horses or against the rails, that their
legs are broken, and sometimes the
horses they handle are so savage that
they kick and bite the boys.
When a boy decides to become
jockey he must make up his mind eth
er to make his fortune or break his
neck. One Of the best trainers for
Jockeys in this country is Father Bill
DAILY. He taught Mclaughlin and
Garrison to ride, and was making
good lightweight Of Little Moran when
he was killed at Brighton Beach last
year. He is now teaching Palmer to
ride. In some OF the stables the boys
are treated very we'll. They all have
to live on the track. and some If the
large stables like the Fairfax, Haggin's
and Dryers have rooms fitted up for
the boys, where they can learn to read
and write, and have good library OF
good books for them to read in their
leisure time
In addition to other things q Jockey
must have a strong constitution.
When they have to ride in races they
must not exceed the weight that the
horse has to carry, and to get to this
weight they have to train. There are
several ways they have OF getting off
flesh. One is by taking medicine, but
that is not a safe way. One is by
taking Turish baths, but the most
popular way is by taking lots OF ex-
erclse with heavy clothing ON.